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9/11Handel festival: "Israel In Egypt" - excerpt
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- Publication date
- 1888-00-00 00:00:00
- Usage
- Public Domain
- Topics
- Oldtime
- Item Size
- 1.7M
Handel festival: "Israel In Egypt" - excerpt
On note with cylinder: "A chorus of 4000 voices recorded with phonograph over 100 yards away"
Composed by: G.F. Handel
Conducted by: August Manns
Record format: Edison yellow paraffine cylinder
Recorded by: Col. George Gouraud, foreign sales agent for Thomas Edison
Location: the Crystal Palace, London, England
Recording date: June 29, 1888.
ENHS object catalog number: E-2440-20
** Historical note: This is the earliest known recorded music in existence.
On note with cylinder: "A chorus of 4000 voices recorded with phonograph over 100 yards away"
Composed by: G.F. Handel
Conducted by: August Manns
Record format: Edison yellow paraffine cylinder
Recorded by: Col. George Gouraud, foreign sales agent for Thomas Edison
Location: the Crystal Palace, London, England
Recording date: June 29, 1888.
ENHS object catalog number: E-2440-20
** Historical note: This is the earliest known recorded music in existence.
- Addeddate
- 2004-06-20 12:51:12
- Album
- Israel In Egypt (1888 Handel Festival, Crystal Palace feat. conductor: Sir August Manns)
- Artist
- George Frideric Handel
- Boxid
- OL100020018
- External-identifier
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urn:mb_release_id:c2147b0d-5e9e-4e5f-a2d4-050e16f65764 - Identifier
- EDIS-SRP-0154-17
- Numeric_id
- 6231
- Run time
- 2:27
- Source
- National Park Service
- Type
- sound
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